Putin is the most perfect man in the world!!

[RonRon]

 

[Jah_rastafar_I]

I read that he betrayed some jewish monguls in the former ussr that helped put him in power.

 

[Rogue Trader]

 

[halsey02]

He is nothing this PUTIN, our PM, is a B- General, former FM also a B-G, our Home minister is B-General, our Transaport Minister is Rear-Admiral, and we have many more BG's whatever..

What is PUTIN...Nothing ha ha ha ha

 

[Alamaking]

Putin is quite cool president, LOL

 

[youtalkcock]

WikiLeaks: Putin's 'secret billions'

Vladimir Putin, the Russian prime minister, has secret “illicit” assets hidden outside his country, according to allegations contained in reports from Condoleezza Rice, the former US secretary of state, disclosed in the latest batch of Wikileaks cables.

One estimate puts Putin's personal fortune at £25 billion Photo: Reuters / Vostock-Photo

By Andy Bloxham 6:00AM GMT 02 Dec 2010

Ms Rice said she had been told by opposition figures in Russia that Mr Putin had attempted to engineer a safe transition when he stepped down as president in 2008 because he wanted to avoid “law enforcement investigations”.

The cable recorded a conversation between David Kramar, then the US deputy assistant secretary of state for Eurasian affairs, and an unidentified opposition leader during a visit to Washington. Mr Kramar was told that Mr Putin was “nervously seeking to secure his future immunity from potential law enforcement investigations into his alleged illicit proceeds”.

The most likely candidate to take over from him was Sergei Ivanov, a charming, polyglot former KGB officer, who had experience of dealing with the west. However, the eventual successor, and incumbent, was Dmitry Medvedev, who was described in other leaked cables as the “Robin to Putin’s Batman”.

Cables linked Mr Putin’s wealth to a “secretive Swiss-based oil trading firm” called Gunvor. John Beyrle, the US ambassador to Moscow, said close connections existed between the firm and the Russian government and reported “its secretive ownership is rumoured to include prime minister Putin”.

Mr Putin has previously faced speculation about the extent and source of his wealth. One estimate put his personal fortune at £25billion. Critics of the president have claimed he is Europe’s richest man.However, Gunvor has totally refuted the existence of any links between them and Mr Putin, and the politician has rubbished reports of a vast secret fortune wealth.

A spokesman for Gunvor has said: “It is plain wrong to state that [then] President Putin owns any part of Gunvor or is a beneficiary of its activities.”
Mr Putin said the reports of his wealth were “rubbish picked out of someone’s nose and smeared on bits of paper”.

 

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WikiLeaks: Silvio Berlusconi 'profited handsomely from Vladimir Putin relationship'

Silvio Berlusconi’s “nefarious connection” with Vladimir Putin has allegedly allowed him to profit “handsomely” from hugely lucrative energy deals, American diplomats reported in secret cables.

Italian newspapers highlighted how Mr Berlusconi had holidayed on the Black Sea with Mr Putin and in return the Russian leader had been a guest at his counterpart's luxury villa in Sardinia Photo: GETTY

By Nick Squires, Rome 4:02PM GMT 02 Dec 2010

The official report that Mr Berlusconi “and his cronies” have been enabled to make money on multi-million pound energy deals concluded between Italy
and Russia. Aside from alleged financial deals, the two leaders’ close ties were founded on Mr Berlusconi’s admiration of “Putin’s macho, decisive and authoritarian governing style,” the then US ambassador to Rome, Ronald Spogli, wrote in Jan 2009.

US diplomats also reported back to Washington that the Italian prime minister, 74, was so tired from “partying hard” that he “dozed off” during his first meeting with David Thorne, the current US ambassador in Rome.

A friend of Mr Berlusconi told American officials in Oct 2009 that medical tests had showed his state of health was “a complete mess”. The cables also disclose that Mr Berlusconi told close aides that he believed Italian intelligence services “might have deliberately entrapped him” in his relations with Noemi Letizia, a lingerie model whose 18th birthday he attended near Naples last year, and who calls him 'Papi’ or Daddy.

The Italian leader’s insistence that he should act as an interlocutor between Washington and Moscow was “a real irritant” to the Americans and threatened to undermine the West’s relationship with Russia on a range of issues, including Nato expansion, Kosovo’s independence, the missile defence shield and the war in Georgia.

In a memo on relations between Italy and Russia, Mr Spogli wrote that contacts in both Italy’s opposition Democratic Party and Mr Berlusconi’s own coalition had “hinted” at a “nefarious connection” between Mr Berlusconi and Mr Putin. “They believe that Berlusconi and his cronies are profiting personally and handsomely from many of the energy deals between Italy and Russia,” the ambassador wrote.

Georgia’s ambassador in Rome had told the Americans that the Georgian government “believes Putin has promised Berlusconi a percentage of profits from any pipelines developed by Gazprom (the Russian oil and gas giant) in co-ordination with (the Italian energy conglomerate) ENI.”

In cultivating his links with Mr Putin, the Italian premier completely ignored his foreign minister and the Italian embassy in Moscow and instead relied on Valentino Valentini, an MP “and somewhat shadowy figure who travels to Russia several times a month.” Contacts, including members of Mr Berlusconi’s office, told the Americans that Mr Berlusconi “determines Italy’s policy on Russia single-handedly, neither seeking nor accepting counsel.”

The Americans were so concerned about alleged secret financial links between Mr Berlusconi and Mr Putin that the State Department asked the embassy in Rome to investigate whether either had “personal investments” that “might drive their foreign or economic policies.”

The two leaders exchanged “lavish gifts”, including a bed which Mr Putin gave to the Italian prime minister. He has frequently been photographed wearing a navy blue jacket stamped with the double-headed eagle emblem of the Russian Federation — an apparent gift from Mr Putin.

Mr Berlusconi’s lawyer, Niccolo Ghedini, who is also an MP in his party, dismissed the allegations about shady financial deals with Russia. The claims contained in the leaked cables were “without any foundation whatever”. Earlier cables released by Wikileaks revealed that US diplomats in Rome judged Mr Berlusconi to be “feckless, vain, and ineffective as a modern European leader.”

Mr Berlusconi denied the claims that his pursuit of close relations with Moscow was motivated by personal gain. "The United States knows very clearly that I don’t have any interest with any other country, that there are absolutely no personal interests.

"I only look after the interests of the Italian people and those of my country," he said, speaking on the margins of Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) summit in Astana, Kazakhstan.